Retractable garment hanger for sliding door closets



Dec. 1, 1959 INVENTOR. Dana/0' E. Prem/e/Y/e.

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D. E. PRENVEILLE RETRACTABLE GARMENT HANGER FOR SLIDING DOOR CLOSETS Filed Sept. 9, 1958 United States Patent RETRACTABLE GARMENT HANGER FOR SLIDING DOOR CLOSETS Donald E. Prenveille, Oakland, Calif.

Application September 9, 1958, Serial No. 759,970

'3 Claims. (Cl. 211-170) This invention relates to improvements in retractable garment hangers for sliding-door closets.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a clothes hanger which will occupy a minimum amount of space in a closet and one which will project outwardly from the closet when removing garments therefrom, and one which will present the garments at a lower level than when stored in the closet.

A further object is to produce a hanger which is economical to manufacture, neat in apperance and easy to operate.

A still further object is to produce a hanger which may be placed in series side by side without interfering one with the other.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numbers are employed to deseignate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my device;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my device as the same would appear in a closet; and on a reduced scale; and

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of my device.

In the ordinary closet having a sliding door, it is customary to provide a single rail fastened to the two ends of the closet, and upon which are positioned garment hangers. It is extremely difiicult under these conditions to remove garments therefrom, due to the fact that one of the sliding doors obstructs half of the closet and consequently only a portion of the garments can be exposed at one time.

Applicant has therefore devised a hanger wherein a larger number of garments may be compactly positioned on the hanger, which hanger may then be projected out of and retracted into said closet for convenient selection and storage of the garments thereon.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates the floor of a closet and the numeral 6 the back wall thereof.

My invention consists of a base plate 7 secured to the floor, which plate serves to pivotally support a pair of spaced tubular rods 8 and 9, the pivotal point of which is shown at 10, and adjacent the rear edge thereof.

Between the upper ends of said tubular rods is pivoted as at an outstanding hanger 11. A brace 12 provided with offsets 13 and 14 has its lower end pivoted to the base' plate 7 forward of the pivot of the rods 8 and 9 and its upper end pivoted as at 20 to the hanger 11, said pivot being spaced forwardly of the rod pivots, said pivotal arrangement forming a parallelogram. A chain 16 having one end secured to the rear end of the hanger 11 and to the wall 6 serves to limit the outward movement of the hanger as a whole. 'It will thus be seen that by moving the parts to the full line position of Fig. 1, any weight on the hanger or rod 11 will tend to cause a backward movement of the parts as they pass dead center, and consequently the load will be held toward the wall, and that by moving the parts to the dotted line position, the garments hung upon the rod will be readily exposed for viewing, and also be lowered, so that they may be more readily available to a person making a selection therefrom.

It will thus be seen that my invention will accomplish all of the objects above set forth. It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope'of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A garment hanger of the character described consisting of a base plate, a pair of spaced tubular members pivoted to the said base plate adjacent the rear edge thereof, a hanger pivoted to the opposite end of said rods and a brace pivoted to said base at a point adjacent the front edge thereof and to said hanger at a point in advance of the pivotal connection of said hanger to said tubular members to form a parallelogram whereby said pivotal points may be moved through an arc and past dead center.

2. A garment hanger of thecharacter described consisting of a base plate adapted to be positioned adjacent a supporting wall, a pair of spaced rods pivoted to said plate on the side adjacent said wall, a hanger pivoted between the free ends of said rods, a supporting brace having its opposite ends offset in the same direction, said ofiFset ends being pivoted to said base plate and to said hanger at points spaced from said first mentioned pivots, said pivotal points forming the corners of a parallelogram.

3. A garment hanger of the character described c0nsisting of a base plate positioned adjacent a supporting wall, a pair of straight spaced rods pivoted to said plate at a point adjacent said wall, a hanger pivoted between the free ends of said rods and in close relation thereto, a supporting brace having its opposite ends offset in the same direction, said opposite ends being pivoted to said base plate and to said hanger at points spaced from said first mentioned pivotal points whereby said pivotal points at each end of said rods and said support form a triangle and the vertically arranged pivots form the corners of a parallelogram.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 890,136 Gilmore June 9, 1908 

